An Inward Concentration Is Necessary for the Seeker of Knowledge

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The ability to concentrate the
Mind allows us to function in

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the world in a coherent Manner
and to create results in

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whatever field, the
concentration takes up without

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concentration.
The mind would jump from one

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perception.
One impression, one idea to

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another randomly and
instantaneously as new impulses

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arise.
Everyone has had the experience

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of concentration, whether it be
taking a test in school or

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trying to excel at some skill or
sport were in taking up the

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study of Music art, or even
reading a book and being

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absorbed in it.
Sometimes we Face a situation

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where we need to work through a
series of steps or options and a

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period of time elapses, as we
systematically try to sort out

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those choices and make the right
decision.

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We can also experience
concentration and playing games

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with the strategic game of
chess, being one of the

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long-standing fame and
worldwide, Acclaim.

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As one of the ultimate games
that promote the ability of the

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mind to focus concentrate and
exclude extraneous factors to

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achieve the result of checkmate,
Of course, there are many forms

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of concentration.
That relate to specific ideas.

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Thoughts, emotions plans,
feelings were physical

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situations.
More difficult for most people,

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is a form of concentration that
does not latch onto an external

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object and yet is not a
dispersed or fragmented state of

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consciousness.
Once the mind has been

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habituated to the practice of
concentration, such as following

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a specific thought or idea
through along its path, it

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becomes necessary for the secret
of shift, the concentration in

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words, the practices of Raja
yoga developed this into a

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science.
Control of the breath following

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and focusing on the breath.
Can become a first step in the

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process of detaching, the
concentration from an outer

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form.
As the Mind moves to Stillness

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concentration can be centered in
a location such as between the

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eyebrows or in the heart, or
above the head without specific

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content, other than the sense of
the location of the

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concentration.
Another option is to use a

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mantra or Java to drive out all
other random thoughts and then

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let the Consciousness Focus.
So intensely that it no longer

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needs the Java to remain
concentrated.

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Others focus on an external
light such as a candle flame,

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until awareness of the flame
itself disappears.

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SRI aurobindo recounted a
method, he utilized to obtain

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silence in the mind.
He observed, the thoughts coming

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in and rejected them before they
could take hold.

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After some time he was able to
obtain the concentrated status

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of the silent mind.
SRI aurobindo writes, quote.

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The mind is the thing that
dwells in diffusion in

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succession, it can only
concentrate on one thing at a

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time.
And when not concentrated runs

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from one thing to another very
much at random, therefore, it

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has to concentrate on a single
idea.

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A single subject of meditation,
a single object of

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contemplation, a single object
of will. in order to possess or

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Master it, And this, it must do
at least.

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The temporary exclusion of all
things.

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The first step in concentration,
must be always to accustom.

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The discursive mind to a settled
unwavering pursuit of a single

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course of connected thought on a
single subject.

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And this it must do
undistracted, by all lures and

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alien calls on its attention.
Such concentration is common

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enough in our ordinary life.
But it becomes more difficult

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when we have to do it inwardly
without any outward object or

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action on which to keep the
mind.

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Yet, this inward concentration
is what the Seeker of knowledge

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must affect in, quote, reference
SRI, aurobindo, and the mother

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growing within the psychology of
inner development.

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Chapter for growth of
Consciousness.

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First steps and Foundation page,
69.

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Foundation page, 69.